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Originally Posted by mattyboy
Hi....
Help and advice required please.
I have a re-occuring problem with my Q7, with the wheel alignment and subsequent tyre wear on the outer 20% of the tyres.
Audi did replace an original set of tyres free of charge, however the re-occuring problem is resulting in tyre changes every 8000 miles.
Is there an alternative tyre available that will be more durable? or is changing the wheels a better option?
It also looks like increasing the psi to 42 may help, is this true?
Please advise, I am fed up speaking to my audi dealership ony to be told its my fault due to under inflation of the tyres and the camber of the road causing my Q7 to pull to the left!?!!
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I have put on the Cooper Zeon XST's with good results so far. There is certainly more tread depth to the edges, which should make them last longer than the stock tyres. Changing the wheels wont really help, The only way the wear issue is going to be resolved is when someone (Quite probably an aftermarket supplier) goes through the process of engineering an adjustable suspension setup that will not adversely affect the safety and handling of the car. Audi must have spent a lot on R&D to get a car of this size to handle well, tyre life expectancy obviously did not rate as a high priority.